Bargain Bin Diving!

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Went to King Kon in NJ on Sat. and did a lot of $1 bin diving and then hit a local store having a $0.50 sale on Sunday. Grabbed a few cheap but cool books.

Sex #1
Weird War Tales #48, 97, 118
Flash #289 (Perez's 1st DC work)
Ghost Manor #21
Haunted #14, 46
Dr. Graves #74
Police Action Featuring Lomax NYPD #1
Swamp Thing Vol. 1 #16
Phantom Stranger #41
The Crusaders (Jack Chick!) #11, 12
Curse Words Ashcan #1
Mystique #2 (Linsner cover)
Spectre #6
Son Of Satan #4, 8
Marvel Spotlight #20, 21
Outer Space #1
Ghostly Tales #71, 114
Haunt Of Fear (Russ Cochran edition) #25
Daredevil #187
The Shadow Vol. 1 #7 (finishes the run for me - yeah!)
Green Lantern #201

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The Green Lantern 201 is actually a great grab. The news stand edition is worth more than the "direct" edition. $20 or higher either way in fine condition.

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The Green Lantern 201 is actually a great grab. The news stand edition is worth more than the "direct" edition. $20 or higher either way in fine condition.

Yeah, I was happy to find it. 1st Kilowog! It's a direct copy but still, for $1 I'm fine with that.

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Hit up a $1 bin sale at a thrift store this weekend and score some pretty rad books.

Spider Baby Comix #2
Re-Animator: Dawn Of The Re-Animator #4
Hellraiser #17
Freaks #2
Taboo #7, 9
Verotika #14
Self-Loathing Comics #1
The Spirit - The New Adventures #4
The One #2, 3 (finished the run for me)
Mask/Marshal Law #1, 2
Two-Fisted Tales #2 (the short-lived Dark Horse revival series)
House Of Mystery #192
Comics Interview #103 (Sandman issue)
Spacehawk #4
2000 Maniacs #3 (another run finished)
Marshal Law: The Hateful Dead #1
Harold Hedd - Hitler's Cocaine #1, 2
World Of Wood #2, 3, 4
Xenozoic Tales #7, 9 (another fun finished)
Anything Goes #3
Blood On The Moon #1
Claws #3
Haunted Love #1, 2, 3
Deadworld #11 (gore variant)
Grendel #4
Freak Brothers #1 20th Anniversary Edition
Lunatic Binge #1
Darkstar #1

And last but certainly not least, Action Comics #457, an issue with a very questionable cover.

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Some more $1 bin diving this morning!

Swamp Thing #30, 68, 71, 104, 105, 107, 108, 120
Weird War Tales #110, 112
Haunted #8
Ghostly Tales #102
Death Rattle #6, 8 ,9
Metal Hurlant #10
Adventure Comics #436
The Brute #2
Legs #1
Jerry Iger's Golden Features #2
The Crusaders #13

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I found 11 issues of Lone Wolf & Cub that I didn't have for $1 a piece this weekend. That made me happy.

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I did a bunch of $1 bin digging this weekend and pulled out some pretty fun books!

Continum #1 (1st Joseph Michael Linsner work)
Batman/Superman #8 (1st new Supergirl)
Astonishing X-Men #6 (1st Abigail Brand)
Figment #1
Batman Vol. 2 #27, 28, 30, 31
God Hates Astronauts #2
The Rock #1 (photo cover)
X-Men #25 (hologram cover)
Cosmos #1
Midnight Tales #6
The Many Ghosts Of Dr. Graves #4, 27
Dark Angel: Death Dreams #1
Unseen Peanuts #1
Daredevil #171 (just need 1 more issue to finish the Miller run)
Judo Master #92
Origin #2, 3, 4
Land Of Nod #1
Death Rattle #14
Red Sonja #15

And then like 12 different EC reprints.

And I got a copy of Kirby's Hunger Dogs graphic novel for $5!

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Some dollar bin digging on Saturday yielded a few fun books.

Barbaric Tales Special #1
Judo Master #94 (Modern Comics reprint)
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly #1
Scalped #1
The Hunting #1
Zero Girl TPB
Warlock #12
Spectacular Spider-Man #22
Attack Of The Mutant Monsters #1
The Crow: Skinning The Wolves #1
The Lodger #4, 5

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Some $1 bin pick ups from this weekend.

Swamp Thing #11, 23
Comics On Parade (Nancy & Sluggo) #86
Weird War Tales #95
Fantastic Four #209, 211
Xena Warrior Princess #2
Space Adventures ?#10, 11
Many Ghosts Of Doctor Graves #53
Ghostly Tales #152
Id #1, 3
Dope Comix #5
Fathom #1
Miracleman #5
Bizarre Sex #1, 2
Ghost Rider #8
Iron Fist #4, 12
Power Man & Iron Fist #50
Karmen #1 (Milo Manara variant)

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Hit up a $1 bin sale at a shop in Harrison, NY this weekend. I grabbed these...

Life And Death Of Jesus Christ #1
Groo Vs. Conan #1, 2, 3
Silver Surfer #125
Groo The Wanderer Vol. 1 #1-8
American Splendor: Bedtime Stories
American Splendor Vol. 2 #1
From The Desk Of Warren Ellis #2
Ghostly Tales #159
Weird War Tales #80
The Destructor #3, 4
Tigerman #2

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Some online pickups:

Captain America (1968) 107 fair, 230vg+, 383fvf, Annual 1vg- Annual 2vg-, Annual 3gd, Giant Size 1gd+
What If (1977) 26
Legends of the Dark Knight (2021) 2, 3,4,5,6,7
I was really looking for cheap reading copies of the Cap Annuals 1 & 2 so I was able to pick up the lot of all of those Caps and the What If for $10 total. The LODK run were from MCS at a buck apiece.

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Some $1 bin scores from this weekend.

Swamp Thing #155
Time Twisted Tales #1
Vampirella 25th Anniversary Special
Dark Ivory #2, 3, 4
So Dark The Rose #1
Night Of The Living Dead: Aftermath
Comics Interview #32
Aliens: Purge
I Before E #1
Tales Of The Mysterious Traveller #15
Weird War Tales #47
The Spirit #2 (Harvey series)
Secret Origins #14
Uncle Scrooge And Money #1
Detective Comics #470

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Some $1 and $0.50 scores from a show I went to yesterday.

Ghostly Tales #115,149, 167
Ghost Manor #23
Haunted #58
The Many Ghosts Of Dr. Graves #50, 51, 60, 66
Weird War Tales #5
Star Reach #13
Superman/Madman - Hullabaloo! #1, 2, 3
Monster Hunters #2, 15, 16
Neon Spring #0
Real Life Comics Presents: Healthman #1
Amazing Heroes #132

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A few cool $1 scores from this last weekend.

Department Of Truth #11
The Spirit #5 (DC series with a Kaluta backup story)
Flickering Flesh #1 (Boneyard Press Dark Angel one-shot)
Mudman #1
Robert E. Howard - Myth Maker (Corben art!)
Maximortal #4, 5, 6
The God That Failed (another Boneyard Press Dark Angel one-shot)
Lone Wolf & Cub #42
Munden's Bar Annual
Weird war Tales #78
Anything Goes #2
Conan - The Frazetta Cover Series #1, 2
Just Imagine Stan Lee's Sandman #1 (Corben art!)
Uncle Scrooge #322, 323, 332

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Buck each local antique mall had 2 long boxes of unsorta comics. So while a massive thunderstorm passed I sat on the floor of a house,now an antique mall,that is over 100 years old.

Anything Goes #2
Captain Carrot 9,15
GLOW vs The Babyface 1,3
Hellshock #1
John Carter Warlord of Mars #15-Gil Kane cover
Marvel Age #28-Bill Sienkiewiczi Dazzler cover
Marvelman Family's Finest #2
New Teen Titans #38-Who is Donna Troy issue
Secret Origins #1
Vampirella #25-Dynamite